Philo-Semitism

Marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Winston Churchill, Scott Johnson reflects on the great British leader’s history of sympathy for the Jews:

Scott Johnson
Jan. 26 2015 12:01AM

The British journalist Julie Burchill has never shied away from expressing her sympathy for Jews and the Jewish state. Quitting the Guardian in 2004, she. . .

Benjamin Bilski
Jan. 16 2015 12:01AM

A recent survey conducted by the ADL ranked Korea the third most anti-Semitic country in Asia (after Malaysia and Armenia). The country has a tiny. . .

Dave Hazzan
Nov. 5 2014 12:01AM

On November 10, the ashes of Lt.-Col. John Henry Patterson will be reinterred at an Israeli cemetery. Patterson earned a heroic reputation in the British. . .

Natan Slifkin
Oct. 15 2014 12:01AM

The great American writer, often recognized as a friend of the Jewish people, is less well known for his deep appreciation of Jewish ideas.

Howard Zik
Aug. 28 2014 12:01AM

Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel doesn’t just show Jews as an oppressed minority; it expresses a chivalric vision of Jewish statehood. 

Aug. 12 2014 12:01AM

Ignorance and hostility were bad enough; worse were artificial displays of historical contrition; then came assertions that it was time to bury the past altogether.

Yascha Mounk
Jan. 7 2014 12:00AM

The demographic crisis that threatens the future of American Jewry has been facilitated by the country’s unprecedented embrace of the Jewish people.

Oct. 28 2013 12:00AM

During a three-day extravaganza in New York, a group of evangelicals—Korean evangelicals—pledged to support Israel, fight anti-Semitism, and repent for Christian persecution of the Jews.. . .

Daniel Treiman
Sept. 17 2013 12:00AM

Was the great writer a xenophobe and anti-Semite? A closer reading, especially of his 1907 The American Scene, suggests otherwise.

Stephen Miller
July 12 2013 12:00AM

The 19th-century American thinker encountered Jews for the first time during a visit to England—and returned to the United States as their advocate. 

Kenneth Sacks
July 9 2013 12:00AM